Mark W. Yeazel, MD, MPH

Education Activities: Teaching fellows and faculty in Basic Research Methods, Curriculum Design for Medical Education, and Integrative Seminar courses

Current Grant Descriptions

NCI “Childhood Cancer Survivor Study” A cohort study of over 10,000 childhood cancer survivors to examine their subsequent health needs and late effects of their initial illness.

Allina Health Foundation “Wright County Colorectal Cancer Screening Project” A 5 year community based initiative utilizing media and community awareness and direct mailing of stool blood testing kits to increase colorectal screening rates.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation “Evaluating an Intervention to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates” To test a clinic systems-based initiative for colorectal cancer screening through a two-year four clinic trial.

Selected Publications

Yeazel MW, Lindstrom Bremer KM, Center BA. A validated tool for gaining insight into clinicians’ preventive medicine behaviors: The Preventive Medicine Attitudes and Activities Questionnaire. Preventive Medicine. 2006;43(2):86-91.

Yeazel MW, Gurney JG, Oeffinger KC, Mitby PA, Mertens AC, Hudson MM, Robison LL. An examination of the dental utilization practices of adult survivors of childhood cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2004, 64(1):50-4.

Church TR, Yeazel MW, Jones RM, Kochevar LK, Watt GD, Mongin SJ, Cordes JE, Engelhard D. A randomized trial of direct mailing of fecal occult blood tests to increase colorectal cancer screening. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2004; 96(10): 770-80.

Yeazel MW, Church TR, Jones RM, Kochevar LL, Watt G, Cordes JE, Engelhard D. Colorectal cancer screening adherence in five non-urban Minnesota counties. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2004; 13(4):654-7.

Yeazel MW, Oeffinger KC, Gurney JG, Mertens AC, Hudson MM, Emmons KM, Chen H, Robison LL. The cancer screening practices of adult survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer, 2004;100:631-40.

Oeffinger KC, Mertens AC, Hudson MM, Gurney JG, Casillas J, Chen H, Whitton J, Yeazel MW, Yasui Y, Robison LL. Health care of young adult survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study. Annals of Family Medicine, 2004; 2(1):61-70.

Yeazel MW, Center BA. Demonstration of the effectiveness and acceptability of self-study module use in residency education. Medical Teacher 2004; 26(1): 57-62.

Education

MPH, Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1992

Faculty Development Fellowship, University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Family Practice and Community Health, Minneapolis, MN, 1990-1992

MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 1987

Selected Professional Activities

Distinguished Paper Presentation, North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, 2003

Cancer Control Career Development Award, American Cancer Society, 1994-1996

Reviewer, Cancer Detection & Prevention, 2004-present

Reviewer, Cancer, 2003-present

Reviewer, Preventive Medicine, 2003-present